Castellanos leaves New York City FC for Girona – Loan deal confirmed

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Signed for less than $500k 

This article first appeared on July 18 and has been updated with new information.

Major League Soccer has lost one of its biggest attractions. On Monday,  New York City FC confirmed that Valentín Castellanos would leave the club on loan to join fellow City Group and newly promoted LaLiga side Girona until July 2023. 

“I came to New York City four years ago, and this experience has been everything I could have wanted,” Castellanos said in a club statement. “It was here where I grew up and took my game to the next level. MLS is a strong and extremely competitive league with fantastic quality. I’ve always said that the people at the Club are incredible; it’s like a family. My teammates and the amazing staff that have spent so much time with me have helped me become the player I am today.”

Castellanos has been sensational over the last two years. Last year he won the Golden Boot in MLS with 19 goals and eight assists in 32 games and was voted the player of the season by the Transfermarkt community. This season he once again leads the league with 13 goals in 17 games.

Castellanos to Girona – Signed for just $468,000 from CA Torque

The rise of the 23-year-old striker has been unprecedented. The forward was once signed for just $468,000 from Uruguayan club CA Torque in 2019. Over the last three years, the striker has increased his market value from $440,000 to $13.2 million, making him the fourth most valuable player in MLS. But NYCFC’s financial demands have also made a transfer to Europe difficult, and the City Group now wants to increase his profile in the more competitive LaLiga. 

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Jesús Ferreira | FC Dallas | Market value: $6.6m

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Efraín Álvarez | Los Angeles Galaxy | Market value: $6.6m

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Ryan Gauld | Vancouver Whitecaps | Market value: $7.15m

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José Cifuentes | Los Angeles FC | Market value: $7.15m

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Xherdan Shaqiri | Chicago Fire | Market value: $7.7m

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Carles Gil | New England Revolution | Market value: $7.7m

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Sebastián Driussi | Austin FC | Market value: $7.7m

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Brenner | FC Cincinnati | Market value: $7.7m

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Talles Magno | New York City FC | Market value: $7.7m

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Dániel Sallói | Sporting Kansas City | Market value: $8.25m

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Raúl Ruidíaz | Seattle Sounders | Market value; $8.8m

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Alan Pulido | Sporting Kansas City | Market value: $8.8m

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Alejandro Pozuelo | Inter Miami CF | Market value: $8.8m

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Lucas Zelarayán | Columbus Crew | Market value: $8.8m

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Hany Mukhtar | Nashville SC | Market value: $8.8m

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Marcelino Moreno | Atlanta United | Market value: $8.8m

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Jefferson Savarino | Real Salt Lake | Market value: $8.8m

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Cucho Hernández | Columbus Crew | Market value: $9.9m

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Federico Bernardeschi | Toronto FC | Market value: 11m

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Luiz Araujo | Atlanta United | Market value: $11m

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Emmanuel Reynoso | Minnesota United | Market value: $11m

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Alan Velasco | FC Dallas | Market value: $11m

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Josef Martínez | Atlanta United | Market value: $13.75m

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Thiago Almada | Atlanta United | Market value: $19.8m

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Lorenzo Insigne | Toronto FC | Market value: $27.5m

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